Vitamin E

Vitamin E is a fat-soluble antioxidant that is stored in the liver, fatty tissues, heart, muscles, testes, uterus, blood, adrenal and pituitary glands.

Benefits and Functions:
  • Major anti-oxidant nutrient
  • Retards cellular aging due to oxidation
  • Prevents oxidation of “bad” cholesterol
  • Helps prevent various forms of cancer
  • Alleviates fatigue
  • Working as a diuretic it may lower blood pressure
  • Aids in the prevention of miscarriages
  • Protects the lungs against air pollution by working with vitamin A
  • Lowers the risk of heart disease and stroke
  • Decreases the risk of Alzheimer's disease
  • Supplies oxygen to the blood
  • Aids in bringing nourishment to cells
  • Strengthens the capillary walls
  • Prevents and dissolves blood clots

Possible symptoms of deficiency:
  • Rupture of red blood cells
  • Fluid retention
  • Lack of sexual desire
  • Abnormal fat deposits in muscles
  • Dry skin
  • Muscle degeneration

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